'A stunning novel' Daily Mirror 'Suspenseful…original…I couldn't put it down' Stephen King
Two brothers. Bound by blood and a lifetime of secrets.
I heard him before I saw him. Carl was back. I suspected the reason for this sudden and unannounced homecoming was the same as it was back then. The same as it always was. That he needed his big brother's help.
When Roy and Carl's parents die suddenly, Roy is left as protector to his impulsive younger brother. But when Carl decides to travel the world in search of his fortune, Roy stays behind in their sleepy village, satisfied with his peaceful life as a mechanic.
Years later, Carl returns full of exciting plans to build a legacy in their family name, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to fulfil his ambitions. But it's only a matter of time before what begins as a jubilant homecoming sparks off a series of events that threaten to derail everything Roy has worked for and family loyalty is stretched to violent ends.
As the body count rises, how long before the brothers fall?
A Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a Times Crime Book of the Year
*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 60 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*
Watch out for BLOOD TIES, the follow up to THE KINGDOM, out in September
I read THE KINGDOM and couldn't put it down...suspenseful...original...this one is special in every way. - Stephen King
Jo Nesbo remains the king of Scandicrime. - Financial Times
Superbly written and magnificently chilling - Sunday Mirror
This being Nesbo there is plenty of deception, death and partial decapitation to come. No Harry Hole this time, but still a sombre delight. There are shades of a Nordic Ripley, or maybe Virginia Andrews on aquavit. Choose your poison - The Times
The Kingdom is a stunning novel from a storyteller with few equals -- Jon Coates - UK Press Syndication
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About Jo Nesbo
Jo Nesbø, musician, economist and author of the best-selling series featuring Detective Harry Hole, has won many prizes for his novels, including the Glass Key, the Riverton Prize and the Norwegian Bookclub prize for best ever Norwegian crime novel. His first novel to be published in English was The Devil's Star and the second, The Redbreast, was shortlisted for the CWA Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. He lives in Oslo.
